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general or unspecified: prefer specifics; index here for CD4+/CD56+ hematodermic neoplasms
Scope Note
Form of leukemia characterized by an uncontrolled proliferation of the myeloid lineage and their precursors (MYELOID PROGENITOR CELLS) in the bone marrow and other sites.
Entry Term(s)
Granulocytic Leukemia
Leukemia, Granulocytic
Leukemia, Monocytic, Chronic
Leukemia, Myelocytic
Leukemia, Myelogenous
Monocytic Leukemia, Chronic
Myelocytic Leukemia
Myelogenous Leukemia
Myeloid Leukemia
NLM Classification #
WH 265
Previous Indexing
Leukemia, Myelocytic (1966-1988)
Public MeSH Note
1989; for LEUKEMIA, MONOCYTIC, CHRONIC see LEUKEMIA, MONOCYTIC,CHRONIC 1989-2007; for LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC see 1963-1988; for LEUKEMIA, GRANULOCYTIC see LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC 1974-1988
Form of leukemia characterized by an uncontrolled proliferation of the myeloid lineage and their precursors (MYELOID PROGENITOR CELLS) in the bone marrow and other sites.